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Your Shot Winner: The boxes of Brighton Beach

WRITTEN BY Editor • June 15, 2014

AT reader Brett Florence waded into the water for this novel perspective of the iconic Brighton Beach bathing boxes.

“This photo was taken very early on the morning of the Labour Day holiday at Brighton Beach,Victoria. These boxes have been photographed too many times by many different people. I wanted to take something different so I shot them from an unusual perspective. And yes, my tripod did get very wet!”

Brett Florence

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For this photo, AT reader Brett Florence has won a Tamron SP 70-200mm F/2.8 lens (model number A009), valued at $1699. This lens is the apex of Tamron telephoto zooms in a compact package that is the smallest in its class. Vibration Compensation image stabilisation boosts the low-light shooting capacity of this fast-aperture lens, while Tamron’s proprietary Ultrasonic Silent Drive motor delivers speedy, quiet, accurate autofocus, which captures those decisive moments.